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Damonte, Emmanuel Going Home
When the 32nd Division [Annotator's Note: 32nd Infantry Division] was called back, Emmanuel Damonte was transferred to...
Huber, Robert Going Home and Reflections
Robert Huber and the rest of his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 415th Infantry Regiment, 104th...
Bosworth, Paul Going Home, Being Discharged and Reflections
The camp [Annotator's Note: Camp Lucky Strike, between Cany and Saint-Valery, France] was Seventh Heaven. They [...
McGovern, George Going Home, Close Calls, and Military Decorations
On their way back to the United States, they [Annotator's Note: George McGovern and his crew] had to make a stop in the...
Martello, Dominic Going Home, Kasserine Pass, and Being Lucky to Survive
One of the guys in the group with Dominic Martello went and got a scalp from one of the Germans that crashed in the...
Griffith, Leon Going Home, Shell Shock, and Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Leon Griffith was a rifleman in Company A, 6th Ranger Battalion and took part in the Raid at...
Goodrich, James Going Home, Stateside Duty and Discharge
James Goodrich was taken from Iwo Jima to a hospital on Guam. He was on Guam for about 12 or 13 days before being...
McAuliffe, Edwin Going to College With Veterans
Edwin McAuliffe graduated high school the year the war ended. When he started his first year of college at Southeastern...
Scales, James Going to Iwo Jima
James Shelton Scales was a battalion commander [Annotator's Note: of 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Nerison, James "Jim" Going to the Philippines, Discharge and Postwar Life
James Nerison was sent home because it was his turn. After a year, men in his outfit were sent home for a 30 day...
Haines, George Good and Bad Memories
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Haines about "shutting off" when overseas and asks about any haunting...
Shima, Terry Grant Ichikawa
Terry Shima is grateful to be interviewed by the National Military Museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum...
Olson, Bud Grave Registration Detail and Reflections
Bud Olson [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne...
Oreck, David Great Depression and World Wars
David Oreck was not part of the CCC [Annotator's Note: Civilian Conservation Corps] program as he was too young, but he...
Liles, Robert Great Leadership, VJ Day, and Postwar Service
Robert Liles attributes his success as a fighter pilot to the leadership he had in China from the general [Annotator's...
Leskovic, Elvia Growing up in Nazi Germany
Elvira Maria Katarina Algermissen Leskovec's most memorable experience was when the American Army moved in [Annotator's...
Ballew, Thomas Growing up in South Carolina
Thomas Ballew served with the 231st Searchlight Battalion which was attached to the 9th Air Force. Ballew was born in...
Fruge, Weldon Growing Up Through Combat
While Weldon Fruge was in France, he served with C Company of the 180th Infantry Regiment [Annotator's Note: Company C...
Robinson, Theodore "Ted" Guadalcanal
After a year, Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson's flotilla [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 (MTBRon 6)] was...
Higgins, Richard Guadalcanal
[Annotator's Note: Richard Higgins served in the US Marine Corps in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...
Gimbut, Raymond Guadalcanal and the Marianas Islands
Raymond Gimbut joined the crew of the Selfridge [Annotator's Note: USS Selfridge (DD-357)]. He thought it was a good...
Gilmore, Selwyn Guam Around the Clock
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer attempts to tie Selwyn Gilmore's work on Guam, Mariana Islands to his work in oil...
Toledo, Bill Guam, Iwo Jima, and War's End
Bill Toledo was sent from Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands with Headquarters Company, 3rd...
Dawson, David Gunnery Instructor
David Dawson remembers they did a lot of close order drilling. [Annotator’s Note: Dawson was training in Florida.] They...
Imahara, Walter Haikus
[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with the interviewer asking Walter Imahara to describe what is hanging on the...
Scales, James Hawaii and the War's End
Returning to Maui [Annotator's Note: returning to Maui, Hawaii from Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] was the first...
Grant, Lydia "Diane" Hawaiian Life
Lydia Grant describes recreation and life as a young girl in the Navy Yard at Pearl Harbor. As a young girl, she...
Davis, Charles Heading Out to Sea
At 16, Charles Davis was one of 1,200 men, including his brother, a Marine, who boarded the USS Helena (CL-50) on New...
Trahan, Clifton Healing, War's End and Going Home
Clifton Trahan was hospitalized in Africa after being burned in a submarine attack while serving aboard the merchant...
Baron, Judith Hell at Bergen-Belsen
Judith Baron was imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen. It was absolutely hell. When they first arrived, they slept in tents. It...
Kushnir, Helen "Helen Preiss" Her Work Mattered
Helen Kushnir is just beginning to realize that it mattered [Annotator's Note: being a woman working in a factory for...
Davis, Jack Heroics and Post Traumatic Stress
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Elliott, Lucy Higgins Memories
Lucy Elliot knew of the area off Gentilly Road where Higgins [Annotator's Note: Andrew Jackson Higgins, owner of...
Denius, Franklin "Frank" Hill 314
[Annotators Note: Franklin Denius was an artillery forward observer in Battery C, 230th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th...
Lomell, Leonard "Bud" Hill 400, Rangers Past and Present and British Commandos
The Rangers de-trucked in Kleinhaus at about two in the morning of 7 December 1944 then marched a couple of miles to...
Tomkiewicz, Micha His Mother and Thoughts on the Holocaust
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Micha Tomkiewicz how his mother coped with her experiences in the concentration...

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